#BB8553#BB8553

#BB8553 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.094 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8553
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 83)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 15.13, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 38.10, 66.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0429 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.094 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4441, 27.9667, 11.9766)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8553 #5389BB

analogous

#BB5355 #BB8553 #BBB953

triadic

#BB8553 #53BB85 #8553BB

tetradic

#BB8553 #55BB53 #5389BB #B953BB

square

#BB8553 #55BB53 #5389BB #B953BB

split-complementary

#BB8553 #53BBB9 #5355BB

monochromatic

#6A492A #96673B #BB8553 #CCA47F #DEC3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BB8553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BB8553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8553

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8553	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96894F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.094 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a884',
    500: '#bb8553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8553;
$custom-light: #d2a884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.846,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65956,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8553

secondary

#9EB6CB

accent

#96D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8553

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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